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David Wagner left Huddersfield Town by mutual consent yesterday, but will be remembered forever in this part of West Yorkshire.

The 47-year-old German secured Premier League football to the Terriers for the first time in their history in the 2016/17 season, before miraculously clinching top-flight survival in only his second full season in charge.

The announcement surprised many fans, but the reaction has been one of gratitude towards the boss, who will go down in history as one of the Terriers' finest coaches ever.

The national media also praised Wagner for his three-year stint in Huddersfield, with The Independent's Miguel Delaney referring to Town's promotion and survival story as "among the modern English game’s finest feats".

Here is a look at how the national press reflected on Wagner's departure...

David Wagner, manager of Huddersfield Town looks on during the Premier League match at John Smith's Stadium

"Relative to the Premier League they came into, Wagner’s Huddersfield were the financially weakest club to ever play in the competition. That is why they are two magic tricks, and maybe two football miracles.

"Going by the resources available, and the squad available, Huddersfield should probably never have been capable of promotion. They should really have been relegated.

"So to follow that with survival was absurd. It was downright brilliant management.

"Many around the club even said it was “too early” to go up in the summer of 2017, and expected to go back down. Wagner defied expectations. He defied economic realities. He got them and a hugely limited group of players to believe.

"He has thereby been responsible for two feats that should go down among the modern English game’s finest feats. They together added up to one special spell in the club’s history."

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"Wagner was appointed in November 2015, with Huddersfield 18th in the Championship having won three league games out of 16. “David’s football philosophy is directly in line with ours; he fits for what we need,” said Hoyle at the time of a man who had resigned from his role with the Borussia Dortmund Under-23s one month previously. “He is the club’s first [head coach] from outside the UK and he brings a new approach and new ideas.”

"Those ideas took a while to implement and Huddersfield finished 19th that season. However, following a net outlay of less than £3m, they finished fifth in the following campaign and secured one of the more unlikely promotions in living memory through the play-offs.

"Their fairytale rise was secured by a spot-kick in a shootout against Reading scored by their then £1.8m record signing, Christopher Schindler.

"In a division where the net spend of comparatively unsuccessful teams such as Aston Villa and Middlesbrough was around £40m each, it crowned an extraordinary achievement. Unwilling to gouge the club’s supporters, Hoyle announced there would be no rise in season-ticket prices.

"Few gave Huddersfield the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell of staying up and Guardian writers were kinder than most in predicting a finish of 19th.

"Wagner had turned down more lucrative offers in order to see out the adventure and a raft of new record signings, purchased collectively for less than the price of a good Manchester City full-back, helped secure seven points from the first nine available and lay the foundations for extremely unlikely survival.

"A win over Manchester United was arguably the highlight of their season, before safety was secured with a game to spare courtesy of back-to-back draws at Manchester City and Chelsea."

David Wagner leaves Huddersfield Town

"An 'emotionally drained' David Wagner has left relegation-fighting Huddersfield Town in what owner Dean Hoyle described as 'a truly joint decision'.

"The Terriers announced that the German, who led Huddersfield to the Premier League and masterminded their stunning top-flight survival last season, had departed the club on Monday night.

"Insiders at the Yorkshire club, bottom of the table and eight points from safety, have said that Wagner has felt the strain in recent weeks despite his effervescent appearances in front of the press.

"Under-23s coach Mark Hudson will take charge for Sunday's clash with Manchester City but is not expected to be offered the role full-time.

"Chief executive Julian Winter is known to be a fan of Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder but no approach has yet been made.

"Sam Allardyce, who played for Huddersfield, is not understood to be considering an application.

"While they acknowledge that the situation is grave, officials at the club retain an element of belief that they can stay in the Premier League and will be looking for a candidate who shares that view."